Elements of Poetry

It is the unit of language in a poem.

• line

• stanza

• sentence

This is the feeling the reader gets from a poem.

• mood

• meter

• symbolism

These are words that have the same ending sound.

• form

• stanza

• rhyme

This refers to the division of lines into groups.

• paragraph

• stanza

• rhyme

Which rhyme scheme is used by the Shakespearean Sonnet?

• ABBA ABBA CDECDE

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• ABAB BCBC CDCDEE

It is the measure of a line in poetry.

• foot

• meter

• scansion

It is the attitude a writer takes towards the subject or audience of the poem.

• tone

• rhythm

• diction

It is the language that appeals to the senses.

• irony

• imagery

• figures of speech

It refers to an expressive, nonliteral use of language.

• figures of speech

• mood

• voice

How do you call a stanza that has 4 lines?

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain